{"id":1142,"date":"2018-12-19T07:52:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T07:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/2020\/12\/23\/idr-shorts-philanthropys-role-in-rights-based-advocacy\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T22:40:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T17:10:32","slug":"idr-shorts-philanthropys-role-in-rights-based-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/kn-in\/idr-shorts-philanthropys-role-in-rights-based-advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"IDR Shorts | Philanthropy&#8217;s role in rights-based advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p><iframe title=\"IDR Shorts | Episode 1 by India Development Review\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F546667908&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;maxheight=750&amp;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p><p><strong>Ingrid:<\/strong> The biggest step philanthropy can take in the longer term is to strengthen the civil society ecosystem.<\/p><p><strong>IDR:<\/strong> That&rsquo;s Ingrid, Founding Director at the Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy (CSIP) at Ashoka University. She&rsquo;s telling us about a <a href=\"http:\/\/csip.ashoka.edu.in\/research-and-knowledge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> that CSIP published last month, called &lsquo;Advocacy, Rights and Civil Society&rsquo; and why they chose to work on this.<\/p><p>I&rsquo;m Sneha Philip from IDR, and you&rsquo;re listening to &lsquo;IDR Shorts,&rsquo; a five-minute podcast that distils new ideas and research in development.<\/p><div id=\"idron-806084331\" class=\"idron-article-in-content idron-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/idranswers.idronline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"What is IDR Answers Page Banner\"><img src=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1.png\" alt=\"What is IDR Answers Page Banner\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1.png 1250w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1-1024x205.png 1024w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1-150x30.png 150w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1-768x154.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" width=\"1250\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>CSIP, along with research partners How India Lives and Lumen Consulting, spent many months studying government databases and speaking to a range of people to take a closer look at funding to nonprofits in India. They&rsquo;ve looked at how some of the changes made to the FCRA Act have affected our sector; and, their report talks about how philanthropy can step in to fill the gaps that have been created by around 20,000 FCRA licenses being cancelled.<\/p><p><a class=\"sidebar-related-article\" href=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/website-admin\/the-opportunity-for-new-philanthropy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Related article: The opportunity for new philanthropy<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p><strong>Ingrid:<\/strong> One of the reasons why we have the situation we have is because civil society does not have a strong enough voice when it comes to either policy or public discourse. There are three broad things that Indian philanthropy can do to address nonprofits affected by the FCRA cancellations. One is to just support such organisations by creating a legal defence fund to challenge some of these rulings. The second is to extend support to organisations who have lost funding for no particular reason other than their funder being watch-listed. And thirdly, to look at creating some sort of bridge fund if you will, that will allow organisations who lose their FCRA to manage in the short run till they find alternatives.<\/p><p><strong>IDR:<\/strong> The report also talks about what philanthropists can do over the next few years and in the long term, such as including rights-based and advocacy organisations in their grant portfolios. I for one, particularly like the suggestion to develop a media strategy so they can better inform the public of the value of civil society, possibly highlight important work, and emphasise why social organisations need to be supported.<\/p><p>If you&rsquo;d like to read the whole report, you can download it from the <a href=\"http:\/\/csip.ashoka.edu.in\/research-and-knowledge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ashoka CSIP website<\/a>.<\/p><div id=\"idron-4004015471\" class=\"idron-content idron-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"donate banner\"><img src=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1.jpg\" alt=\"donate banner\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1-1024x205.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1-150x30.jpg 150w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1-768x154.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" width=\"1250\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><em>*Rachita Vora contributed to this podcast.<\/em><\/p><p><em>Disclaimer: Ingrid Srinath is Founding Director at the Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy (CSIP) at Ashoka University; IDR is produced in partnership with CSIP.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"idron-84602162\" class=\"idron-troublemakers-placement idron-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"donate banner\"><img src=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1.jpg\" alt=\"donate banner\"  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